area a group of nations sparks controversy but it is there of terror motives for the gathering in tunisia besides providing aid to the parts torn country that says reports emerged that washington is in talks to the u.k. france italy and turkey preparations for military intervention. and media war on iran is gathering pace in u.s. history having an impact of course into the latest opinion poll there it suggests a third of americans now see the islamic republic as the nation's biggest enemy then because supporting the military action against iran. and that man to speak russia's next president has been capturing the imagination of british officers and filmmakers less than a fortnight before russians head to the polls a book that even contains a personality is due to hit british bookshops not in the heels of two documentaries featuring the russian. not next we set out to explore fast food culture in the russian capital that's in moscow at.

hello and welcome in this week's moscow out south where we're taking a look at fast food culture from the arrival of those famous golden arches over twenty years ago today various international brands and new russian companies are popping up here every week donuts burgers pizza chicken wings there's no wider range of such food here than ever before but is that a good thing is it unhealthy i want the finest think of recent fast food banks find out. thanking baskin robbins subway papa johns the list of foreign imports is impressively building up here perhaps the booth abroad covey also lobby sandwich has had its day as the international chains

make their mark one thing is clear everyday food alongside popular culture in russia has changed forever in those dishes union fast food restaurant the cheaper the nurse school canteen for example that is why i go to mcdonald's even though in our current teen food there's more tasty muslims must do or most of the you going to mcdonald's sushi places in venues like that is just bad taste it's disgusting people should be proper food there is a lot of fast food. much more than friends so it's going to stop proximate to the same price. as first domestic fast food venture was raw steaks fried chicken restaurant as a major player against someone old mcdonald in his burg is a chicken joint very popular several years ago the company went into partnership with the u.s. chain k.f.c. which eventually gained control of the company. so clipboard and markings in hand let's see how k.f.c.

does. to find out what foreigners think of the fast food scene here we've asked for guests to take part in the program the shanker peter ella and blessing. they will evaluate the food menu appeal taste value for money and overall experience of each location. and pushing to blake is a well known t.v. and stage actress from london with her grandmother originally from the moscow region she has finally achieved her dream of the same russia departing the glamorous five star park hyatt hotel into the car and off for lunch. has longed to try the authentic russian food she ate as a child will she be disappointed leaving expensive restaurants out of the equation we want to give our guests the typical tourist experience. to a first russian chain along the glamorous but shanker we arrived at the popular low

key eatery. opening its first site in the russian capital in one to ninety six its name translates to for trees and sticks in english and the traditional countryside interiors and quirky stuff costumes give some idea of the food here. has settled upon the all you can eat hot salad bar option which allows you to choose from a buffet of both hot and cold meals and salads a great idea if you want a chance to sample different dishes just try it all and hope for the best carrot salad plus beetroot potatoes with dale and adding a glass of morse to complement a meal it's time to try does be shanker look impressed as if it was a great experience in excellent as a wide variety of issues with everyone's it and obviously sometimes as a menu in a foreign language you don't know what you would bring great so it's a. great. rule was that the bad.

let's take a look at some price comparisons now ascendant big macand. comes in and just two and a half dollars in london they charge the equivalent of three point eight dollars a little more price a treat in new york it comes in at four dollars twenty by the way the cheapest country to buy a big mac in the world is in a price comparison of one point six two dollars feeling hungry yet quite the difference depending where you live. the prizes mean here is the standard and quality one of the. ok.

fast food whether he likes it or not take a role in his life on a daily basis he needs quick reliable healthy fuel to assist with his hours at the office q so popular chain restaurants with a variety of pizzas past is salads. last year spiral celebrated his fifty fifth anniversary worldwide concept of food is popular with people who care about their health and loops our menus constantly updated but we still stay true to our traditional tali recipes of high quality. hungry peter has opted for. a slice of vegetarian pizza. italian food fresh in fabulous. and plastic cheese time.

will tell he seems to be quite satisfied and the peace is don't look too bad either let's find out what our guest thinks. being a businessman usually i don't know much fun to go for luxury but being so close to places like here we don't lose it's good. it's place noise and it doesn't take that long and it's really good value for money. looking straight at the bolshoi theater everything here is times and cool mated to perfection and he spoke in the wheel that doesn't work means disaster for the management i'm food production plant people brought up. there. to dispense the fast food. back to our guests and we welcome ella cullum she was born in the philippines and has lived in moscow three years elah lives here with her canadian husband and studies russian tough times university is full of students of all ages and for

those on budgets fast food can be their main daily mail the moscow team have asked alex to try out the populist chain to crush the car tosca the no frills hangout which is now over to the humble potato looking at the menu what will alice decide on there's plenty of choice here you can get your car to share in the crush the style baked with a choice of fillings such especially cheese crab bacon in south cream stew to name a few. as alex hunks to have to taste has to saw filipino guests look happy to fully couple to light and fluffy out to the fillings actually taste. i think a very delicious for a russian fast food and i will recommend for you to eat here and it's a good balance and it's very delicious and it's very filling the recipe of eleven hubs and spices used by kasey in preparation of the chicken remains

a trade secret ok. time for reparation now safety and food hygiene is very important that all stop giving street straining my attention is given to all freshness of the project there was. no additives a put into any of the dishes here a k.f.c. . for my green head of. preparation tick tick tick. final guest let's meet blessing lesson was born in nigeria and she lived in moscow since two thousand and nine after coming here to complete a master's program we pulled blessing to fast food outlets telemark a popular chain in russia that specializes in russian pancakes or police as the note here sides also offers various other versions issues such as buckwheat cash kind of powerage for soup and the fast and all menus are available in english.

blessing has a wide range of choice here savory pancakes with meat cheese or caviar fillings and sweet alternatives with various fruits berries jams and chocolate fillings. blissing has decided on a been on a pancake with a chocolate drink she sits down and tastes her russian slave it stops food. because too much evaluation from blessing please. i just went to take a walk right now i knew was fantastic and actually recommend. to try to pancakes which is guzzling tea. and out in this cold weather also recommended to try to place. the drop in income share in the recent crisis was a big factor in increasing the demand for fast food in russia and as moscow's aspiring middle class find that feat perhaps western style food is something will

cultural. and socially symbolic than the actual tasty treat that is served the bold advertisements that come with such imported brands almost always seem to feature foreign lifestyles recipes fashion and behavior it soon catches on and crisis or not twenty first century russia is literally eating it up spending a day behind the scenes here i'm really surprised at the effort that goes into making simple fast food i didn't know such care was put into making such products very good bread enjoy real just about. well unfortunately not for the time we have left on this program on fast food culture here in the russian capital i'll see you again at the same time next week and tell them for me and the rest of the crew that i.

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u.k. france italy and turkey preparations for military intervention. a media war on iran is gathering pace and the u.s. has to be having an impact well into the latest opinion poll that suggests a third of americans will see the islamic because the nation's biggest enemy the only hard supporting military action against tehran. iran that tipped to be russians next president has been capturing the imagination of british authors and filmmakers this in a fortnight before russians head to the polls a book on friday where putin's personality is due to get to british bookshops bottom the heels of two documentaries featuring the russian prime minister. for sports news up next with andrew and it's the last day of the russian football transfer window any last minute activity to tell us about sure you can guess who might be. really busy there on the verge of signing back then defended chris samurai nor now also carry an incredible return to form for the pole vaulter is him

by ever are the details just after this. hello there welcome to the sporting these are the headlines new heights olympic pole vault champion isn't by a break only indoor world record. class the royal draka motif in rubin's european adventure ends with defeats in the europa league. and tiger woods crashes out of the world match play championship while westwood have mcelroy to stay on course for the number one spot. but first a lengthy pole vault champion is in by her latest world record signals her real comeback twenty nine year old set a new indoor best at the xcel gallon meeting in stockholm the leap of five metres and one centimeter beat of previous best by a single centimeter it was

a convincing win over her rivals who finished way back britain's wholly bleasdale clearing for me to seventy two for second place isn't by over hasn't won a major competition since the last olympics but this is her twenty eighth world record and makes the russian a clear favorite for next week's indoor world championships in the stamboul not to mention the london games in five months time. well there was disappointment though for russia's football teams in the europa league both automotive moscow is and have failed to make the last sixteen the railway men lost their second leg while thirty one nearly in spain and that put the russian side out on away goals it's also the end of the road for rubin they lost by a single goal to an n.p.r. cost people dress to kneel on another results their munched united squeeze past i.x. the reds that the reds losing three one at old trafford so they go three three two on i give it a bit so you close for comfort for united boss alex ferguson although he admits he made a mistake to be staying selection. because. for

positions of big. talker to nothing we was a good opportunity to give some small and joins us again because of social long term. potential the. big problem is she said the work experience in terms of pitch not returning not in the game. well in other games valencia progress at the expense of stoke also during the spaniard in the last sixteen asked and at the age made it out mark the ship the metal list shelter and sporty. was the last day of the football transfer window here in russia and angie's new coach guus hiddink is on the verge of adding blackburn's chris sambo to his squad in a deal worth up to nineteen million dollars the congolese defender is undergoing a medical with the russian side but looks set to sign

a three year contract but had asked for a transfer from blackburn who were fighting relegation from the english premier league he would become good sitting second signing could have already got all of completed a four and a half million dollar move from russian side a lanyard that. while already bedding down with his new club is the nominee to field a christian the boa he made the switch from rubin during the winter break and is set to make his debut against angie when the season regimes next week the muscovites are training in turkey at the moment with more is richard poor feet. with moscow under a blanket of snow and the temperatures well below freezing and did a moscow have been preparing the russian premier league season in warmer climes however despite being on the southern turkish coast the weather had a distinctly chilly feel to it the blue and whites have assembled a very strong squad and made a key addition during the winter break bringing in christian a boy from rubin cousin yes even though you know there's a half

a year in there he was coming. to time champion my there is. so much you know he need i need to change to here to that i'm going to have both sides took time to get into the game and denominate putting some passing moves together but we're not really able to test the partisan keeper. aside from the serbian capital also in the middle of their winter break but they would take the lead ten minutes before half time impressively as a markovitch had too much pace for alexander. and the seventeen year old showed a remarkably cool head for supporting the bill passed beyond rushing roman because of scheme to normal would pull level nine minutes after the half time break from an indirect free kick inside the penalty area the ball was tapped to mark a lawmaker from a partisan belgrade defender unleashed an unstoppable shantz to restore parity the serbian league leaders were very comfortable in possession because in the russian i have fits defends

a number of problems and they would restore vandy just after the hour mark of the bank for guilty of slack marking the bloom whites were not to be denied and equalized for a second time this time from a penalty spot underneath our own in took the responsibility upon himself to keep the guest rights of ukraine internationals right footed shot nestled into the bottom right hand corner to equalise and two to have a game of finish this. game if you go again by the way you. you know we need to have a game here to be together because you know it's. only been in the meanwhile the partisan head coach of from grams was very complimentary about their russian opponents that i must go i saw him in the so they win the league. is a very good do i like the steve moving the ball good. players are very good players and. very good too this may have only been

a friendly both teams certainly gave one hundred percent and for good reason very specter domestic campaigns get underway again in less than two weeks time a good workout for the nominee against a decent partisan belgrade side of the club have assembled a good squad with some fine individual players and a more than capable of challenging for the russian premier league title when the season resumes on the fifth of march against mother and those hearings on jima. dati billick turkey. meanwhile the top basketball teams in europe are fighting for yearly quarterfinal places although have missed their chance to book an early berth after losing to find a bad change the russian team lost ninety four to eighty seven to the turkish champions but only after forcing the game into overtime. or led the scoring with an impressive thirty three points but it wasn't enough against often a virtue side they were fighting to stay in the competition exam now have to be quickly this planet and i course to book a quarter final place. ingolf britain's lee westwood and rory mcilroy have kept

alive their hopes of becoming the new number one they are through to the last sixteen of the world match play championship although tiger woods has been knocked down he lost to nick watney who got off to a strong start in arizona this part for birdie on the twelfth. woods a three time champion here did pull himself into contention but lost the match on the last hole after failing to make that part what next plays england's lee westwood who saw off for a bit colston three into westwood here needs to win the title to reclaim the number one spot from the already departed luke donald while three mcelroy could also grab the top spot with victory he's into the last sixteen after beating and is hansen. and finally muscovites have been given a rare chance to see the likes of prostin david coulthard in action the race of stars so the formula one legends compete against the best russian drivers in arctic conditions with more is robert the down yet. snow and ice under will see

a perfect way to add some more drive to any race. once a year the russian capital hosts this so-called race of stars the competition among russia's still sports specialists however the twenty third event held at the most people drawing on thursday saw some world class superstar sing town one of the sport's all time greats for turn for no one champion crossed the fifty six year old who also won the french ice racing cup trophy andrus returns and was quick to take a ride. as a track. like a. fish. but seriously just. take some extra skills. it's always different you

know every kind of discipline that you need to get used to it you know we can fight the you know a few laps we don't know exactly what to do and how we could be better than most bikes would be as a. but the more you run and the more you'll be bigoted. for this. kind of races it's done for specialist and david coltart really is one another for no one star that check the dicey trick of the day. it was great times coming to moscow this is my second experience of being here on the national holiday for man. new ice course to drive on here at the hippodrome and yeah. big challenge i think to to be able to race with alan prost because he's like an ice champion. it's great people to watch and hopefully we'll see some great racing.

according to the foreman of the competition the washing drivers were the first to settle scores among each other with the winner coming out for the super final races against the foreign stars. and begin to show the best recent skills on a day with no sun of venerating ludvig an h.d.l. both jerome d'ambrosio who's currently a reserve driver for formula one team lotus and the man was already been there and done that david. i can't believe it's true so many participants and all can prove to be very strong building up such tough competition i just want to thank my team and all the fans who supported me a great win and a great holiday and big time for good to have some region celebration tonight. begin became the first man in the history of the event to leave the race of stars cup three times robert wagner marty must go. on to him

and that's it for me for the moment so i'm back with more sporting to ask the. world. science technology innovation all the least developed from around russia we've got the future covered.

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